Watek-closet



.l. J. DONOVAN.

WATER CLOSET.

APPLICATION FILED JAN.9, 19:5.

Patented Aug. 15

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JOHN J. DONOVAN, OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

WATER-CLOSET.

Application filed January 9, 1915.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN J. DONOVAN, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Boston, in the county of Suffolk and State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in ater-Olosets, of which the following is a. specification.

This invention has relation to siphon water closets and more particularly to what may be termed wall closets, i. 0. those which project forwardly from the wall of the room in which they are installed.

One object of the invention is to produce a water closet of the type referred to in which the air vent and the outlet may be located in the rear of the upright partition or wall, with the result that the only Visible part of the closet is the bowl which projects forwardly from the wall or partition.

Another object of the invention is to provide means independent of the wall or partition for anchoring the closet in place to resist the strains encountered in its use, without endangering the integrity of the connection between the outlet and the soil pipe; and further to eliminate the formation of any joint between portions of the closet and the soil pipe at the wall.

Other objects of the invention are to pro vide certain improvements in the construction of water closets to reduce the labor and cost of installation, to reduce the space in a room required for the reception of a closet, and to secure certain other advantages and results, all as will be subsequently pointed out in the following specification.

The closet, which I have illustrated as an embodiment of my invention, consists of a single integral fixture, which may be so located 1n an opening 1n a wall or partition,

that the bowl is on one side thereof and'the Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 15, 1916.

Serial No. 1,363.

On the accompanying drawings :-Figure 1 represents in front elevation a water closet embodying the invention. Fig. 2 represents a. longitudinal vertical section therethrough. Fig. 3 represents a rear elevation of a portion of the closet. Fig. 1 represents a plan view of the rear portion of the closet. Fig. 5 represents an enlarged section through the floor connection and shows the anchoring means. Fig. 6 represents a transverse section on the line 6-6 of Fig. 2.

Referring to the said drawings, I have illustrated at a a wall or partition that defines the end or side of a room and behind which is a shaft or open space 6 which wlll serve as a ventilating duct. In the wall is an opening 6 to receive the closet.

At 0 is a floor which is conventionally shown as of concrete construction and through which extends the receiving end of a vertical soil pipe (Z. When the building is being erected, the soil pipes may be roughed in, immediately in the rear of the wall a, leaving the upper ends of the pipe projecting slightly above the level of the floor. The anchors for the closets may likewise be placed during the construction of the floor ready for the reception of the closets. I will subsequently describe one form of anchor which may be used.

The closet, as previously indicated, con sists of an integral structure, preferably of vitreous ware, and it comprises a bowl 10, a siphon consisting of the two limbs 11 and 12, a suitable large air vent 13 entering the bowl above the crown of the siphon and having a vertical mouth which discharges into the ventilating conduit or duct Z), and a flushing rim 14 of any suitable construction connecting with a refill chamber 15 to which water is supplied by a pipe 16. The opening into the bowl is indicated at 17, there being a bridge 18 in the rear of the opening, which bridge is elongated, so that the opening 17 is separated a considerable distance from the discharge outlet of the bowl vent 13. I have shown the rear or downward limb of the siphon as being curved rearwardly at 19 and then downwardly as at 20 so as to terminate in a vertical outlet, the course of water being deflected to insure siphonic action, according to the well known principles. One of the advantages secured by forming the down leg of the siphon with the rearward portion 19 is that the outlet may be formed or located behind the transverse vertical planes of the bowl or under the rear half of the closet, instead of under the middle or front half thereof.

The closet is formed with a lateral flange 21 which extends outward from the top and sides of the closet, and which is located between in vertical transverse planes of the opening 17 of the bowl, and the outlet 20 from the siphon, so as to serve as a cover plate for the opening 6 in the wall a when the closet is installed. The flange likewise projects downwardly as at 22 so as to aflord a rib to rest upon the floor immediately in front of the plane of the wall a. The front portion of the closet curves concavely upwardly as at 23 from the lower edge of the flange to a point beneath the lowest portion of the bowl, and then curves convexly upwardly as at 2% to the margin of the flushing rim, thus leaving exposed for cleaning all of the floor in front of the lateral flange 21.

The foot or base 25 of the closet projects rearwardly from the flange and from the outlet 20, and is formed with an aperture 26, through which a fastening may be passed for anchoring the closet in place. The anchor may be secured against movement in any suitable way and may take any convenient form. I have shown a screw 27 in threaded engagement with a plate 270 having a thimble let into the floor, and secured by a threaded coupling 28 to an inverted thimble 29 having a removable head 80 located under the floor. The parts 27, 28, 29

, and 30 may be all placed or positioned when the floor is being constructed. If the floor is made of wood, the anchoring screw may be driven directly thereinto. The foot or base is shown as having two parallel ribs or flanges to rest upon the floor on both ends of the plate. The closet rests upon the bottom rib 22, and upon the flanges 31 of the base,

and is kept from swinging forward by the anchor located in the rear of the rib, so that the closet is not dependent for its support upon the wall (4, although, if desired, supplemental fastenings may be passed through the side and upper portions of the flange which overlap the wall.

Any satisfactory floor connection between the closet and the soil pipe may be employed. I show, however, an improved connection suitable for the purpose. The base of the closet has in its under side a recess 32, opening into a lower and diametrically larger recess 33. The end of the soil pipe (Z projects into the recess 32, in axial alinement with the outlet 20, and around it are the rings 84, 85, which are internally rabbeted to form a groove for the packing 36. The ring 34: is beveled to receive a resilient or other form of packing ring 37 which is engaged with the shoulder 38 on the closet. The ring 35 has two parallel stems or bars 39 which extend upwardly through holes formed in the base of the closet, and which have threaded ends to receive the nuts lO. By the means thus described, the rings 3st may be clamped together and against the closet base so as to effect through the packing a gas-tight joint between the soil pipe and the rings and between the pipe and the closet. Any slight downward movement of the closet about the rib 22 as a fulcrum might cause the packing to slip on the pipe without affecting the integrity of the joint.

From the foregoing description of the embodiment of the invention illustrated upon the drawings, it will be apparent to persons skilled in the art that my invention may be embodied with facility in various other forms, and that various changes in the construction and arrangement of the several elements thereof may be made without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention.

Various advantages flow from the illustrated embodiment of the invention, several of which may bebriefly mentioned :-such for instance as the ease with which the closet may be installed and connected with the soil pipe, the elimination of strains on the wall or partition by supporting the closet on its base and anchoring it to the floor, the location of the vent, the flushing inlet, and the discharge outlet in the rear of the wall or partition, the location of only the bowl in front of the wall or partition in such wise that the floor space below the bowl is open or unoccupied, and the closure of the wall opening by a flange surrounding the closet. Other advantages will occur to persons skilled in the art.

Having thus explained the nature of my said invention, and described a way of making and using the same, although without attempting to set forth all of the forms in which it may be made or all of the modes of its use, what I claim is:

1. A siphon closet for insertion in an apertured wall, and comprising a bowl, a siphon terminating in a vertical outlet in the rear of the bowl, a base adapted to rest upon the floor and through which said outlet extends, and a vertical lateral flange on each of its sides located in a transverse vertical plane between the said outlet and the said bowl.

2. A wall closet comprising av supporting base adapted to rest upon the floor, a bowl, a rearwardly extending siphon terminating in a discharge outlet in the rear of the bowl, a bowl vent terminating in an outlet in the rear of the bowl above the siphon outlet, and at a distance from the bowl opening, in consequence of which the closet may be ar- 3.30

ranged in an apertured Wall with the bowl in front of and the said outlets in the rear of said wall.

3. A water closet having a transverse rib to rest upon thefloor, a bowl in front of said rib, a supporting base in the rear of said rib and means in the rear of said rib for anchoring the base of the closet against movement.

4. A siphon water closet comprising a transverse rib to rest upon the floor, a bowl in front of the rib extending upwardly and forwardly from said rib, an outlet from the bowl terminating in the rear of said rib, and means in the rear of the rib for anchoring the closet.

5. A water closet comprising a transverse rib to rest upon the floor, a base extending rearwardly from the rib to rest upon the floor, a bowl in front of the rib having an outlet passing through said base, and means in the rear of said rib by which said base may be anchored in place upon the floor.

6. A water closet comprising a transverse rib to rest upon the floor, a base extending rearwardly from the rib and also to rest upon the floor, and a bowl located substantially in front of said rib, and which is sup ported by said rib and said base.

7. A siphon water closet comprising a bowl, a. base therefor adapted to rest upon the floor, a discharge siphon for the bowl terminating in the rear of the vertical transverse planes of the bowl, and a vertical and lateral flange projecting between vertical and transvers planes of the bowl and the siphon discharge outlet to serve as a cover plate for an aperture in the wall through which the rear end of the closet may be inserted.

8. A siphon water closet having between the bowl and the end of its discharge outlet a lateral and vertical flan e extending from its top and sides to s erve as a cover plate for an aperture in the wall in which said closet may be inserted and extending downwardly to rest upon the floor as a partial support for the closet, and having a base extending rearwardly from said flange to rest upon the floor.

9. The combination with a wall having an aperture, of a siphon water closet located in said aperture, the bowl being in front, and the discharge outlet and base being in the rear of said wall.

10. The combination with a wall having an aperture, of a siphon water closet located in said aperture with the bowlin front and the siphonic discharge outlet in the rear of said wall, said closet having a flange to overlap the wall surrounding said aperture.

11. The combination with a wall having an aperture, of a water closet located in said aperture and comprising in an integral structure a bowl located in front of said wall,

with its opening relatively distant from said wall, and a siphon whose downward limb terminates in a vertical outlet in the rear of aid wall.

12. The combination with a wall having an aperture, of a water closet located in said aperture and comprising in an integral structure a bowl in front of said wall, a supporting base in the rear of said wall, a siphon whose downward limb terminates in a ver tical outlet through the base in rear of said wall, and a bowl vent terminating in an outlet in the rear of said wall.

13. The combination with a wall having an aperture, of a water closet in said aperture and comprising in an integral structure a bowl whose opening is in front of said all, a siphon whose discharge end is in the rear of said wall, and a base which projects rcarwardly through said wall and formed to be secured to the floor.

i l. The combination with a wall having an aperture, of a water closet located in said aperture and comprising in an integral structure a bowl whose opening is in front of and relatively remote from said wall, a siphon whose discharge end is in the rear of said wall, a bowl air vent which terminates in the rear of said wall, and flanges projecting from the sides between the bowl and the outlet of the siphon and the vent to overlap said; wall.

15. The combination with a wall having an aperture, of an integral siphonic water closet structure arranged in said aperture and having its receiving portion on one side of the wall and its discharging portion on the other side of said wall.

16. The combination with a wall having an aperture, and a vertical soil pipe in the rear of said wall, of an integral siphon water closet having its receiving portion in front of the wall and the vertical discharge end of the siphon in the rear of said wall, said discharge end being connected to the vertical soil pipe, said closet having its base in the rear of said wall.

17. The combination with a wall having an aperture, of a water closet inserted in the aperture and having its bowl located in front of the wall with an open space beneath the bowl extending to a line in close proximity to the wall, and means in the rear of and independent of the wall for supporting said closet upon the floor.

18. The combination with a wall having an aperture, of a water closet having its bowl located in front of the wall with an open space beneath the bowl extending to a line in close proximity to the wall, and a supporting base in the rear of the wall and independent of the wall for securing said closet in place.

19. The combination with a wall having an aperture, of a water closet having its bowl located in front of the wall with an open space beneath the bowl extending to a line in close proximity to the wall, a base extending through said aperture to rest on the floor in the rear of said wall, and means in the rear of said wall for attaching the base in place.

20. The combination with a wall having an a erture, of an integral water closet structure located in said aperture with its bowl in the front of said wall, its base, its flushing inlet, its vent outlet and its discharge outlet all in the rear of said wall.

21. The combination with a wall having an aperture, of water closet located in said aperture and having an external flange for overlanping the wall around the aperture, the bowl being located in front of the flange and the base, and the discharge outlet from the bowl being located in the rear of the flange, and means in the rear of said outlet for anchoring said base.

The combination with a wall having an aperture, of a water closet located in said aperture and having an external flange for overlapping the wall around the aperture, the bowl being located in front of the flange and spaced from the floor in front of said flange, and means extending rearwardly fromsaid flange and adapted to rest upon said floor for supporting said closet independently of said wall.

23. A water closet comprising in an integral structure, a bowl, an outlet therefrom terminating in the rear of the bowl, a base located in the rear of the bowl and adapted to rest upon the floor, in virtue of which con struction said closet may be located partway through a wall aperture and supported in the rear of the wall with the bowl in front of and the outlet terminating in the rear of the wall.

2st. A water closet comprising in an integral structure, a bowl, a discharge outlet therefrom terminating vertically in rear of the bowl, a transverse supporting rib located between the vertical transverse planes of the bowl and the end of the discharge outlet, and a supporting base extending rearwardly from said rib, said base and transverse rib being adapted to rest upon the floor.

In testimony whereof I have aflixed my signature, in presence of two witnesses.

JOHN J. DONOVAN.

\Vitnesses P. W. PEZZETTI, ELLA P. BRANNEN.

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